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[Xperia Play General] kershner25:
5 hours of gaming might not seem like a lot on paper, but trust me, it's more than enough.

I think people need to remember that this is a phone first, gaming handheld second. For the majority of people, 90% of the day is not going to be spent gaming for continuous hours. I know for me, personally, I play Ocarina of Time on my breaks at work. A typical day for me has me going to work at about 9:10AM, phone's at near 100%. I'll use some WiFi here and there, sparingly throughout the day, and get about 45 mins to an hour of solid gaming in. At 6PM when I'm heading home, phone's anywhere from 70-80%, maybe less if I've been using data slightly more that day. Keep in mind, this is with sending probably 50ish texts throughout the day.

So I get home, I'll usually play for another hour or so more depending on what I'm doing. All in all, when I'm getting ready to go to sleep, my phone's usually at around 65%.

That is absolutely amazing battery life. Any time that I plan on gaming for more than 3 hours straight I make sure I've got an outlet nearby just in case - I carry my charger on my at all times (in a backpack/car/etc) like any reasonable person probably does.

TL;DR - best battery life I've ever seen on a phone that does what the Play does.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
5 hours of gaming is what I get, and trust me I've never killed the battery during a normal day. The only time I actually kill it is when sitting at home, and at those times I'm near the charger anyway.

This phone has by far the best battery life of any smartphone I've used.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] vemoxy:
I agree that the Play's battery life is quite good, but I really have to say that it's not good enough when coupled with 3G usage. I have 3G on all the time, and usually if my day starts at 10am, (with occasional gaming) the Play will die at about 9pm with moderate gaming. That's really quite good, but I usually am not home at 9pm, so it sucks to have the battery go flat just when you are about to start boarding your bus back home.

I wish it could've been a little longer.
[Xperia Play General] KoolMoeDee KMD:
Here are a few things about the plays battery life.....

5.5 hours of gaming is really intense and I realistically wouldn't expect many people to actually play games for the whole 5 hours unless they were at home which in that case they will have their charger for the device.

Regarding the phone using 3G, the device will only chew up power if its constantly looking for 3G signal. If the device has a strong constant signal of 3G, it wont eat the battery as much at all.

Regarding rooting the phone to increase its battery life, ive heard and seen that it does actually improve the phones battery life but only slightly. I dont have mine rooted and thats alright by me :)

Lastly, my experiences with the xperia play's battery have been fantastic. Im getting 2-3 days usage with calls, texts and short gaming sessions.
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Why don't you buy a bigger battery? It'll give you that little push you're asking for.
[Xperia Play General] KoolMoeDee KMD:
It will also give you that bigger lump in your pocket you have yearned for all these years :)
[Xperia Play General] vemoxy:
That, and I'm not sure whether the case I'm using (TPU) supports the extended battery's size.

I'm not even sure whether there are white covers for extended battery covers.. And I live in Asia so shipping from the US is going to painful.
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Mobile phones in 2000 were larger and heavier than 300g. Pockets have not changed at all :rolleyes:

One didn't buy this phone for its sleekness and fitting his thin jeans, did he?

Vemoxy, you can order batteries and covers from aliexpress.com, they ship from Asia so the shipping fees should be lower. For example: http://www.aliexpress.com/product-f...i-X-pureness-Xperia-Play-Z1i-wholesalers.html
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
I notice that PSpocket doesn't drain alot of battery compared to emulators on MARKET.

Playing ff7 for an hour and about 13% lost :)
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
That's because the playstation pocket emulator was made by a team of Sony professionals, and not some dude on the internet.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
I'd daresay it has a lot more to do with the fact that they have all the data about both the emulated console and the Xperia play. Random dudes in the internet do nit have those kinds of advantages...but still, they do a better job.

Try running Everybody's Golf both from FPSE and from the Market version and you'll find that FPSE renders a flawless emulation which the paid version does not. I know I got pissed off.
[Vibrant General] duboi97:
Is this a sick cruel early April fools day joke ....or is this legit. Dan_brutal left and now Brick'd leaves! This joke isn't funny! Their both great rom developers! Who's gonna replace them? Wow....
[Vibrant General] duboi97:
Well not leave entirely pull their roms sorry for the misconception.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
aww brick'd left too?

"However, it seems that there were decisions made by members of EDT, and I was unfortunately not included in that loop. Changes are being made to the team, and I wish them the best of luck, but its not for me. You hear the he said, she said of what goes on, but really none of it matters in the long haul. If I stepped on anyones toes or did a damn thing that offended or hurt anybody's feelings, I sincerely apologize."

apparently its because of some decisions that EDT made WITHOUT him.

I blame jellette. (kidding)
[Vibrant General] |Melvin|:
his words were sad bro
[Vibrant General] duboi97:
I know! I wish I knew what was happening!!!
[Vibrant General] |Melvin|:
me too, but they dont tell exactly what is happening
[Vibrant General] carlcj5:
Do we need this "Drama"?

Using Bionix V-1.3 w/a Splash of Color,Bionix Dark Market,Linda's voice,& few more fantastic mods from the worlds greatest Devs @ XDA
[Vibrant General] duboi97:
Who's calling this drama? Only you are! I'm just being curious along with fellow xda-ers.
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
But there's nothing to be curious about, nothing to speculate on. Its all in the EDT General Announcement.

It may be unintentional, but all this speculation inevitably leads to unneeded drama.
[Vibrant General] duboi97:
This was posted before the EDT announcement so I was unsure on what had happened. I apologize for this thread...If a mod feels the need to delete they will do so. But this thread intention was not to cause drama but to just satisfy my curiosity on why one of my favorite developers left EDT (brick'd) I'm sorry if you feel as this is causing drama. But my I am still wondering on the whole story of why brick'd left. I understand that Dan_Brutal left for family reasons. But what caused brick'd to leave?
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
As it says EDT is changing how they do things. There will be one rom per Android version. Trigger (2.2) and Bi Winning (2.2.1). All other rom's (including the head of EDT, jelette's roms) will be unnofficial EDT roms. Brick'd maintained Loki, which would become an unofficial EDT rom. Connect the dots.
[EVO 4G General] fearbasel04:
If I may ask what if we get sliver light on the evo... will netflix on browser work
[EVO 4G General] mrpuffin:
theoretically yes but the effort required to port a closed source project without the permission of microsoft would be way over our heads and would be better off waiting for official netflix app

probably the best way to do something like that would be to re-write an open alternative to silverlight (but then they'd probably update silverlight to phase it out)

besides only thing i know that even requires silverlight is netflix thus it doesn't come with much of a benefit to all that many people
[EVO 4G General] AZwldcats:
Netflix was awesome while it worked. Please hurry back!
[EVO 4G General] shagav:
Good idea, but I dont see it very easy to do.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
We need this asap

Sent from my Evo, ho!
[EVO 4G General] mytich:
Moonlight in Mono is Linux version of Silverlight. It should have been or very close to be ported to ARM/Android.
[EVO 4G General] superm1:
It doesn't have support for DRM.
[EVO 4G General] MultiDev:
Moonlight is silverlight on linux. It was developed by Novell with the assistance and endorsement of Microsoft. And Novell has already ported it to Android as MonoDroid (its still immature though).

What is needed to make Netflix work is the DRM that silverlight uses. Thats not part of the silverlight spec. Its part of the playready spec and that is not available to the open source community.

Now keep in mind that this is only for the web viewer. The ipad/iphone app doesn't use playready nor silverlight. Basically, silverlight or its DRM isn't necessary for netflix instant watch on mobile devices as demonstrated by the recent Evo incident. There are other methods that can be used (and have been used on iOS apps).
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
I got to watch one episode of That 70s show and then it crapped out on me.c
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
Mono is supposed to work fine with netflix.

imo, the best and most stable way of doing it is somehow setting up a inbetween server that runs silverlight/mono and allows the phone to connect through some sort of protocol to your server, and allows you to stream the movies. Like remote desktop/vnc but more friendly ui + sound.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Netflix is full of ****

Sent from my Evo, ho!
[EVO 4G General] mexlos:
Agreed. I hate that we finally were able to stream Netflix on our EVOs and then it was immediately patched.

I'd rather know that Netflix will never be compatible with the EVO for hardware/DRM reasons, than to have it ACTUALLY WORKING and then taken away.

If it can be done, it should be done.

(Not in all cases, but this one for damn sure!)
[EVO 4G General] MultiDev:
I can personally say that Mono does not work with netflix instant watch. Playready DRM is not available for Linux. Remember, its not Silverlight support that Linux lacks, its the playready DRM.

As for your suggestion, that has been done. Its called PlayOn. Its not free, but it works with Netflix and Hulu and a bunch if other streaming sites.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
How plausible is it?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
Anyone? Is it imposable? Or just to much work?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
https://github.com/tmobile/themes-platform-vendor-tmobile-apps-ThemeChooser

Does the release of samsung 2.3 source open a window of possibility for this? Ive dug and dug for info on this but i cant find much of anything.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
tmobile theme engine is only compatible with AOSP/CM ROM's, as it hooks into a lot of specific applications and framework files. some of these applications don't even exist on samsung ROM's, and the framework is entirely different between the two.

basically, no. theoretically, could it be entirely reworked from the ground up to make it work with a samsung rom? yes, but I doubt anyone with real experience is going to try to take the massive amount of time necessary for that.

and even after it was potentially ported, it would be incompatible with the currently available themes as they point to specific applications that do not exist in samsung ROM's.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
Thanks for the info.

Side note.. I now feel like my cheerios are full of excrement..

Oooooh well, I'll just keep on patiently waiting for cm7 fixes. You guys are doing an awesome job on that btw.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whiteguypl:
So I reading over cm7 chat logs and noticed someone, I think it was actually you, said the new tmobile sidekick 4g is touchwiz with a theme and a theme chooser. happen to have a link to where you got that info?
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
Below please find a kernel compiled from the EC10 and ED01 source drops. Source code is here: https://github.com/jt1134/linux-2.6-fascinate/commits/froyo/

Enhancements:

Voodoo Color - Supercurio ** http://project-voodoo.org/color

Voodoo Lagfix - Supercurio ** http://project-voodoo.org/lagfix

Voodoo Sound - Supercurio ** find Voodoo Control app on market

Backlight Notifications - Neldar ** find BLN Control app on market

Tiny RCU and lowmemkiller patch

Slightly undervolted

interactive cpu governor

other misc niceties, read the commits

The "TW" kernels can be used with any TouchWiz based ROM. The "AOSP" kernels can be used with any AOSP based ROM such as CM, Vanilla FroYo, or MIUI.

As my Fascinate is now deactivated, there are obviously some things I cannot personally test, but these kernels have been tested by a few folks successfully.

HUGE thanks to nemesis2all for providing a working defconfig to start with. Made my life MUCH easier.

Thanks to SirGatez' for the home button tip!

Flash with cwm, yadda yadda, enjoy

***** 3/27 Home button issue fixed! :D *****

***** 3/27 #2 Added Voodoo Color :D *****

***** 4/07 *****

update to latest voodoo sound code

removed lots of unneeded stuff from kernel config, should speed things up a bit, saves space

misc recovery fixes

sdcard speed tweak

add non-voodoo lagfix version

** Kernel has NOT been heavily tested! **

***** 4/07 *****

updated ext4 code - kanged from imnuts from tytso

added missing fix_permissions and nandroid-md5.sh scripts - both fixperms and nandroid should work correctly now

** Kernel has NOT been heavily tested! **

***** 4/11 *****

add SirGatez' non-OEM battery patch

switch to edify scripting in update zip

re-add ipv6 to kernel configuration

add AOSP versions to this post

** Kernel has NOT been heavily tested! **

***** 4/15 *****

merge some small changes from ED01 source drop to the audio, video, and lowmemkiller drivers
[Fascinate Android Development] khanable:
I love you
[Fascinate Android Development] BakaUnchi:
flashing! :D
[Fascinate Android Development] nemesis2all:
JT thanks for the awesome sauce. Glad you are still here with us. Always a pleasure seeing what you come out with.
[Fascinate Android Development] renf:
Brilliant!
[Fascinate Android Development] TheSonicEmerald:
Holy Crap, didn't think we'd have kernels this fast. Always the man, JT, flashing now.
[Fascinate Android Development] shorto85:
Wow great work!
[Fascinate Android Development] rctreadaway:
Will us non voodoo people have anything coming out? Awesome job getting things out so fast though!
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
You're the man JT, thanks bro!!!
[Fascinate Android Development] hondakorn:
Thank you
[Fascinate Android Development] ataranine:
Oh man..oh man... I wanna flash this but I'm using Dark Revenge.. :(

Does anyone REALLY think it will just soft brick me?
[Fascinate Android Development] duncan254:
as long as ur already voodoo, i do
[Fascinate Android Development] CHANGiism:
ohh man I've been waiting for what it felt like years. Thanks JT!
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
flash it. won't hurt anything :p
[Fascinate Android Development] ataranine:
Damnit, jt, if I brick my phone for the MILLIONTH time I'mma smack a baby.
[Fascinate Android Development] JoshDB:
You, sir, are a god among men. Flashing now!
[Fascinate Android Development] nemesis2all:
You can still run that kernel with disable_lagfix file in place. Not much need to build seperate kernels in my opinion.
[Fascinate Android Development] iMissLayups:
Would you mind explaining how to do this? I would appreciate it.
[Fascinate Android Development] renf:
Probably not but you might as well just flash super clean, it's only one extra step after all. Better safe than sorry until dark revenge compatibility is confirmed.

Edit: This reply was irrelevant by the time my submission went through. Apologies.
[Fascinate Android Development] ataranine:
Meh...maybe I'll just flash it anyway, and if it DOES brick my phone, I'll switch back to SupaClean. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
It was kinda fitting for Samsung, going backwards twice as much as forward. Lol
[Fascinate Android Development] landshark68:
I would hope this would work for the US Cell Mesmerize, the EC10 kernel came from the official Froyo release for the Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
supercurio's awesome fixes/improvements for the Galaxy S family.

The Control App can and should be downloaded here (free) or here (donate). The ~$15 for the donate is, I think, well worth it given what he's done.
[Fascinate Android Development] ilprobu2:
Oc to 1.2 ran 1920 quadrant frickin awezome jt much thanks
[Fascinate Android Development] Naris:
Mine still says EB01 on version number for whatever reason. But stock EB01 > EC10 worked perfectly. You did an amazing job, and already fixing a bug a day after releasing something this big is just astounding!

Loving Voodoo Sound again!

EDIT: Not quite sure how to manipulate Voodoo Color though. There aren't any options in the Voodoo Control app that I can see. Still the screen's beautiful even without that tweak.
[Fascinate Android Development] KitsuneKnight:
Your rom/baseband are still EB01, that's why about will still say that. If the Voodoo Control App shows you the various options for Voodoo sound (and not just voodoo lag fix), then you know you're on the right kernel.

Edit: This doesn't include Voodoo color, at least based on the lack of it in the control app, and JT not mentioning it in what's included.
[Fascinate Android Development] :
I've been playing around with the interactive governor in setCPU, but it keeps freezing my phone. I've tried different configurations, but nothing works. The ondemand keeps freezing also, so I guess I'm stuck with conservative for now.
[Fascinate Android Development] doctorj1:
this may be a dumb question but why does voodoo lagfix need to be active in order to change things with voodoo sound?
[Fascinate Android Development] sneakysolidbake:
I've been having the same freezing issues. I clocked down to 800mhz and haven't had a freeze yet while still being pretty responsive.
[Fascinate Android Development] vlucchetti:
Great idea, done!
[Fascinate Android Development] landshark68:
Can this be right? I know this is an undervolted kernel and I'm used to not seeing differences in battery life for 2 or 3 days, but I'm 2 hours and 25 minutes off charge and I'm still at 98%. If so, this new kernel is the mac daddy of kernels.
[Fascinate Android Development] dalrym05:
I thought your just supposed to use conservative with galaxy s? Maybe I'm wrong. Also. Can you overclock with setcpu with this kernel?
[Fascinate Android Development] andmer:
interactive governor freezes me up randomly, no governor specified / no setcpu running its perfect. great kernel! thanks JT
[Fascinate Android Development] bangdrum:
I can't get bln to work. Can we not use them for sms?

Sent from my super cleaned voodood 2.2 nitro themed fascinate!
[Fascinate Android Development] tmlhodge:
Get the app called blinky in the market
[Fascinate Android Development] D_Steve595:
My radio doesn't work when this kernel is installed, weird..
[Fascinate Android Development] syborg:
I'm having trouble with bln too. I downloaded blinky, enabled bln, but I don't get any lights when I run a test within blinky.
[Fascinate Android Development] minho422:
after I installed this, battery says "full" while the percentage is at 98%. I fully charged the battery prior to flashing this kernel, and pulled out the charger immediately on the Samsung boot screen. did I do something wrong?
[Fascinate Android Development] pntballer505:
Wow this kernel fixed my wifi troubles, awesome!
[Fascinate Android Development] landshark68:
No, you didn't do anything wrong. This is my own information from post #44 on page 5 of this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=987529

1) Ever wonder why now that we have accurate battery mods when you charge your phone completely overnight, then pull the phone off the charge and your accurate battery mod immediately goes from 100% to anywhere from 95% - 99%? That's because these lithium ion batteries have a circuit or on board computer that regulates the charge. This is to prevent overcharging which can also ruin the battery. The circuit stops the battery from accepting a charge once it reaches 100% charge, then allows the battery to slowly drain until it is at approximately 95%. Then the circuit allows the battery to charge to 100%, drain back to 95%, and continues this cycle until you unplug the charger. So you may see your battery is full when you have it on the charger, but then it immediately drops to the correct current charge percentage. I don't know about the rest of you, but that at most 5% is not going to make the difference between my battery making it through the day, so I just unplug my phone when I'm ready to leave and don't worry about it.
[Fascinate Android Development] SirGatez:
Welcome :-) Figured you needed that.
[Fascinate Android Development] rj_22:
ok, i'm gonns flash this to my mesmerize...so disable voodoo lagfix, place .zip in root of memory card, go into recovery and install .zip. Correct?
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
Yes
[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
The in-app test button has always been wonky. Try an actual email.

Don't disable anything.
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Voodoo color wasn't included in this kernel. Hopefully we'll get it soon though.

Edit: And now we have it!!
[Fascinate Android Development] sheepdog elite:
Hey JT, now that we have source is there a chance of CWM getting tuned up to fully functional? I love that adrynalyne has patched stuff up so nicely, but would be super awesome to have full CWM back.
[Fascinate Android Development] fitti28:
So this Kernel is only Voodoo, no nonvoodoo is that correct? If i wanted to go to this Kernel from Non Voodoo what do you need to do?

I have ec10 sc2.9.2 with sense theme.
[Fascinate Android Development] KitsuneKnight:
Install it. Seriously, going to Voodoo from Non-Voodoo is pretty dead simple (transitioning back is only slightly more complicated).
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
Updated OP with 2nd update for the day, now with Voodoo Color profiles :D
[Fascinate Android Development] KitsuneKnight:
Ugh. We go forever without getting any real customized Froyo kernels, and now we can't go long enough to actually enjoy our customized Frogurt goodness before you update it to be even better! :mad: Shame on you! :p

I'm not gonna bother downloading it tonight, since I'm planning on waiting till tomorrow to charge it up again... And, more likely than not (knowing my luck :p), there'll be something even better that you'll force me to download :p Have you no decency?!?! :p I'm onto your games!!!!
[Fascinate Android Development] papstar:
As always, awesome work jt. Thank you!
[Fascinate Android Development] fitti28:
So just clear cache and Delvik and then flash the voodoo kernel that is all it is to it? What is the main differences between Voodoo and Non Voodoo besides i see everyone running the speed tests
[Fascinate Android Development] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979744

This post has some good info. I was skeptical at first if there would be a difference, but so far it seems to be a bit more responsive. It definitely doesn't hurt.
[Fascinate Android Development] KitsuneKnight:
Clearing cache and davlik cache is all I did (some didn't even do that).

Voodoo converts the RFS filesystems that Samsung (and only Samsung) uses into the Ext4 filesystem that's on Linux systems across the world (from embedded devices to ultra high end servers...). RFS is pretty much an abomination, that has no right to exist- it's a hacked up Fat32 filesystem, that somehow they made worse than Fat32 already was. Ext4 is included in upstream Linux and has been extremely thoroughly tested, tuned, and refined, and is far faster.

Edit: Ext4 doesn't also just have higher throughput than RFS, it doesn't have the same concurrency issues that RFS has... which means it's also better suited for the interactive workloads that you'd get from multiple different programs writing to the system simultaneously (both background and foreground applications).